She's Oil Mine

She's Oil Mine
Directed by	Jules White
Written by	Clyde Bruckman Felix Adler
Produced by	Jules White
Starring	Buster Keaton Monte Collins Eddie Laughton Elsie Ames Harry Semels Bud Jamison
Cinematography	Benjamin H. Kline
Edited by	Jerome Thoms
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	November 20, 1941 (1941-11-20)
Running time	17 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English

She's Oil Mine is the last short subject American comedian Buster Keaton made for Columbia Pictures. Keaton made a total of 10 films for the studio from 1939 to 1941.

Plot

Waters and Piper are plumbers. During a busy day in their shop, an heiress flees from a persistent suitor. The jealous suitor challenges Keaton to a duel.

Cast

• Buster Keaton as Waters
• Monte Collins as Piper
• Elsie Ames as the heiress
• Eddie Laughton as the suitor

Background

The film is a reworking of Keaton's 1932 feature The Passionate Plumber . The duel was also reworked in Keaton's 1947 French short Un Duel A Mort.

After making 10 shorts for Columbia, Keaton chose not to renew his contract and opted for supporting roles in feature films. Columbia continued to offer the Keaton comedies to theaters well into the 1960s.

External links

• She's Oil Mine at IMDb
• She's Oil Mine at the International Buster Keaton Society